![]() ![]() God CH: Xbalanque, one of the Hero Twins. God H: A youthful male deity, perhaps a wind god. God C: The personification of sacredness. Here are a few of the most prevalent deities not mentioned above.īicephalic Monster: A two-headed monster also known as the Celestial Monster or Cosmic Monster, with a front head with deer ears and capped with a Venus emblem, a skeletal, upsidedown rear head, and the body of a crocodile.ĭiving God: A youthful figure that appears to be diving headfirst from the sky, often referred to as a bee god, although most scholars believe he represents the Maya Maize God or God E.Įk Chuah (God M): The Maya form of the long-nosed merchant god of Aztecs, Yacatecuhtli, a black deity with a pendulous lower lip and a long Pinocchio-like nose a later version of God L Moan Chan.įat God: A huge potbellied figure or simply a massive head, commonly illustrated in the Late Classic period as a bloated corpse with heavy swollen eyelids, refers to sidz, signifying gluttony or excessive desire. There are many other gods and goddesses in the Maya pantheon, avatars of others or versions of Pan-Mesoamerican deities, those who appear in some or all of the other Mesoamerican religions, such as Aztec, Toltec, Olmec, and Zapotec. In revenge for the death of 400 boys, the Hero Twins decided to kill Zipacna, by toppling a mountain onto his chest and turning him into stone. Thinking they'd killed him, the 400 boys got drunk, and Zipacna came out of his hiding places and pulled the house down on top of them, killing them all. The boys conspired to kill him, but Zipacna saved himself. One day he dragged an enormous pole to help out 400 boys who were building a new house. Known mainly from the 16th-century highland account of the Popol Vuh, Zipacna also appears in oral traditions of rural towns in highland Maya regions.Īccording to the Popol Vuh, Zipacna was the maker of mountains, who spent his days looking for crabs and fishes to eat, and his nights lifting up the mountains. Zipacna (or Sipac) is a celestial crocodile warrior, considered a counterpart of the pan-Mesoamerican god Cipactli, the earth-monster, who had to be killed to create the earth. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Purchase, Nelson A. The Maya rain god Chac poses mid-stride, engages with Earth Monster as he celebrates the birth of Jaguar baby. Some Maya kings, such as Waxaklahun-Ubah-K'awil at Tikal, took his name and dressed as K'awiil to express his own power. Huracan is considered the god of fertile maize, but he is also associated with lightning and rain. Raxa Ka Kulaha, "Green Lightning," "Raw Lightning," or "Sudden Thunderbolt".Ch'ipi Ka Kulaha, as "Dwarf Lightning," "New Born Lightning" or "Brilliant Flash". ![]() Ka Kulaha Huracan, translated as "Leg Lightning," "Thunderbolt Lightning," or "Lightning Bolt".In the Popol Vuh, Huracan is described as three gods, beings who together initiated the moment of creation: Sometimes he carries an ax, a burning torch, or a cigar, and he often has a circular mirror embedded in his forehead. Illustrations of Huracan show him with a long, serpentine nose with belly scutes-horny plates like those seen on a turtle shell extending out from his abdomen-and a single, often burning serpent-like leg and foot. He is the one-legged creator god and idol and the Maya lightning god. Huracan, also spelled Hurakan, is known as U K'ux Kaj ("Heart of the Sky") in the Popol Vuh K'awiil in the classic period the "god with the ornamented nose" and God K to scholars. Print Collector/Getty Images / Getty Images Lady Wak Tuun holds bloodletting equipment and communes with an aspect of waterlily serpent, the nagual of the serpent-legged lightning deity K'awiil. His images are often comical, with specific references to his anus and flatulence. Classic period images sometimes include a hairlike ruff ("death ruff") with globular elements extending outward, which have been identified as bells, rattles, or extruded eyeballs. Representations of Ah Puch often include large black spots on his body, probably representations of putrefaction, and a large, grossly bloated belly, a belly sometimes replaced with rotting matter or spilling blood. In both versions, Ah Puch is the epitome of decay, appearing in a skeletal form and frequently in execution scenes. Known to Maya scholars as "God A," Ah Puch is an old god, appearing in Late Classic period Maya steles, as well as the Madrid and Borgia codexes and Late Post-classic ceramic vessels. ![]() ![]() His epithets in the Quechua language include Cimi ("Death") and Cizin ("The Flatulent One"). The Maya God Ah Puch in the Dresden Codex (central figure).Īh Puch is the Maya god of the dead, most often associated with death, corporal decomposition, and the welfare of the newly dead. ![]()
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